부산대학교 도서관

This paper deals with experimental investigations into in-plane stability of fi xed concrete-fi lled steel tubular (CFST) parabolic arches. Three CFST arches with the same span but diff erent rise-to-span ratios were tested under fi ve-point symmetrical concentrated loads over the full span. All applied loads were controlled in synchronization. The test results show that the test arches buckled in an antisymmetric failure mode and the section positions with the maximum deformation were slightly diff erent for three test arches. It is found that the bearing capacity of CFST arches decreased signifi cantly with the decline of rise-to-span ratios, and the outer steel tube provided signifi cant confi nement eff ects on the core concrete after the load reaches 80% of the load-carrying capacity. Moreover, comparisons between the test and fi nite element results indicate that the existing beam-element modeling method can predict the in-plane stability performance of CFST arches very well.